The annual spring game kicks off at 11 a.m., April 28 at Autzen Stadium. The Ducks roster will be split down the middle and the two squads will partake in a full game complete with special teams play. How balanced the teams are will depend largely on the drafting prowess of the coaching staff, which also will be split down the middle with an equal number of coaches from both sides of the ball on each team.

Coach Chip Kelly will act as a neutral party overseeing the process.

"I think each year whichever staff thought it did the better job drafting didn't end up winning the game," Kelly said. "We'll see how it goes."

The draft has produced numerous funny moments with coaches even meeting and arguing over who to pick. Kelly said he expected assistants to track down injury reports Friday so they would know which players might not be healthy come April 28.

The draft process has in the past rivaled any NFL fantasy football league draft.

"One year we did an unbelievably insane production," Helfrich said. "It was NFL Network quality stuff."

Efforts typically are made to assure balance. Kelly and Helfrich said the plan this year likely would call for a draft by position so that each team is guaranteed equitable talent. For example, when one team drafts starting running back Kenjon Barner, the other team automatically would receive No. 2 running back De'Anthony Thomas.

"We kind of split up each position so that you can't overload at a position," Kelly said.

Time during practices on Monday and Wednesday will be devoted to allowing each team to practice as a unit.

"They will get a chance to practice in two days next week as their team so they can get an understanding as to who the players are," Kelly said.

Some programs across the country have kicked around the idea of setting up spring games between rival programs.

Kelly said he has no interest in playing another team before the season starts.

Spring football, he said, should be about improving and a spring game against another school would up becoming too competitive. Coaches, he said, would game plan and ultimately play their starters more in an effort to win.

"I like what we have now," he said. "It's a great time for kids to grow and you can monitor their growth and not worry about what the end product is."